{"product_id":"a-remarkable-case-of-burglary-paperback","title":"A Remarkable Case of Burglary - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eH. R. F. Keating\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1975, \u003ci\u003eA Remarkable Case of Burglary \u003c\/i\u003etells of Val Leary, who is handsome, charming and broke. On the morning of April Fools' Day 1871, while walking through one of London's wealthiest districts, he notices a young maidservant scrubbing the steps of 53 Northbourne Park Villas. In that instant he conceives the idea for a remarkable case of burglary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe set-up seems perfect, but chance intervenes in a succession of coincidences that place the jewels further and further beyond the reach of Val and his cronies - until... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the Upstairs, Downstairs world of Victorian England, this is an ingenious and gripping tale by the acknowledged master of the English crime novel.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eH. R. F. Keating \u003c\/b\u003ewas born at St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, in 1926. He went to Merchant Taylors, leaving early to work in the engineering department of the BBC. After a period of service in the army, which he describes as 'totally undistinguished', he went to Trinity College, Dublin, where he became a scholar in modern languages. He was also the crime books reviewer for\u003ci\u003e The Times\u003c\/i\u003e for fifteen years. His first novel about Inspector Ghote, \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Murder\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Gold Dagger of the Crime Writers Association and an Edgar Allen Poe Special Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 14, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42261741633671,"sku":"9781448200047","price":24.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/437fafe74b74a5883841759f7b53d29c.webp?v=1736929010","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-remarkable-case-of-burglary-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}